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when it comes to the nfl, mr. romney and mr. ryan want the owners, some of whom romney counts as personal friend, to get a deal done as quickly as possible so tha the real pros can get back to officiating. rete heaven forbid, police o those dreadful teacher, well, what's the rush? bleed them dry. for their latest hypocrisy, this time concerning organized labor, we throw our own penalty flag at mr. ro a mr. ryan. that's ten yards for pandering and now your back's squarely against the goal. stay with us. but that doesn't mean we should be penalized for it. that's why liberty mutu insurance policies come standard with accident forgiveness, if you qualify. powerful trading tools for all. like o all-in-one trade tict. weutategs, cining tools potionall. all on one screen. start trading today with optionsxpress by charles schwab. >>> woeth po t greatest athlete of the 20th century. here's today's "top lines," stop it! >> thank you for joining us, i lost the emmy. speaking of losing -- >> this is one thing he did not do in s first four
when it comes to the nfl, mr. romney and mr. ryan want the owners, some of whom romney counts as personal friend, to get a deal done as quickly as possible so tha the real pros can get back to officiating. rete heaven forbid, police o those dreadful teacher, well, what's the rush? bleed them dry. for their latest hypocrisy, this time concerning organized labor, we throw our own penalty flag at mr. ro a mr. ryan. that's ten yards for pandering and now your back's squarely against the goal. stay...
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the very sources of mr. romney's income. the president speaking just a few hours ago explained why mr. romney needs to disclose more. >> the american people have assumed that if you want to be president of the united states, that your life's an open book when it comes to things like your finances. it's what the american people expect. >> you see, mr. romney, it's not us who have put taxes on the table. it's you.
the very sources of mr. romney's income. the president speaking just a few hours ago explained why mr. romney needs to disclose more. >> the american people have assumed that if you want to be president of the united states, that your life's an open book when it comes to things like your finances. it's what the american people expect. >> you see, mr. romney, it's not us who have put taxes on the table. it's you.
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thank you, mr. romney. let's get right to our panel. msnbc political analyst is a columnist of bloomberg view. editor at large, joan walsh is with us and author of the new book, what's the matter with white people? a fabulous title. and professor james peterson, blogger for the huffington post and esteemed academic. welcome to all of you. professor peterson, i've always believed the only difference between donald trump and mitt romney is their hair stylist. and this outburst by mr. romney proves it, doesn't it? >> it sure does. striking, shocking, it certainly shows the desperation of the campaign. we have asked mr. romney repeatedly for him to show us his taxes. so instead of making jokes about birtherism, he could get on to the business of that. but this shows you the desperation of this campaign. what we're basically seeing is the campaign needs to make some points and head waves with white male working class voters. michigan is a good place for them to do that. we're not making any movement with the dust up this week. no movement wi
thank you, mr. romney. let's get right to our panel. msnbc political analyst is a columnist of bloomberg view. editor at large, joan walsh is with us and author of the new book, what's the matter with white people? a fabulous title. and professor james peterson, blogger for the huffington post and esteemed academic. welcome to all of you. professor peterson, i've always believed the only difference between donald trump and mitt romney is their hair stylist. and this outburst by mr. romney...
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mr. romney's going to look at the differences. well, surely he's looked at them since monday. >> there are some differences, but they're very similar. >> you heard the governor, their budgets are different, but very similar. that explains everything, folks. this is why governor romney and paul ryan are making up absurd claims that the president is taking money away from seniors. let's be clear. they're wrong. president obama has been fighting for medicare and our seniors since day one. and he made that point today. >> i think they know their plan's not very popular. you can tell that because they're being pretty dishonest about my plan. here's what you need to know. i have strength in medicare. i have made reforms that have saved millions of seniors with medicare hundreds of dollars on their prescription drugs. i proposed reforms that will save medicare money by getting rid of wasteful spending in the system. reforms that will not touch your medicare benefits, not by a dime. their plan ends medicare as we know it. my plan reduces
mr. romney's going to look at the differences. well, surely he's looked at them since monday. >> there are some differences, but they're very similar. >> you heard the governor, their budgets are different, but very similar. that explains everything, folks. this is why governor romney and paul ryan are making up absurd claims that the president is taking money away from seniors. let's be clear. they're wrong. president obama has been fighting for medicare and our seniors since day...
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and mr. romney, it seems like he wants to revert back to what mr. obama's predecessors have done and i think it's wrong. it sends a message that in pro-israel using them to get their votes. that's what i think about it. mr. romney, i didn't know about him and i had a chance to watch some of his interviews that he has done, i know on the idea of gay marriage he was for gay marriage in massachusetts and now he's against it. and at least with mr. obama, at least he is courageous to come out in favor. these issues are just going to be as important as the economy is. i don't think either mr. romney or obama understand what's going on economically. i do agree on one hand mr. obama hasn't done much to fix the economy but i don't think mr. romney is going to do anything either. host: jackie on our republican line from pittsburgh. caller: i'm thrilled with paul ryan. i have been watching him for a long time. host: what is it that thrills you? caller: he's young, as -- my mother is on medicare and she's 98 and it's a mess. my kids cannot afford what's going o
and mr. romney, it seems like he wants to revert back to what mr. obama's predecessors have done and i think it's wrong. it sends a message that in pro-israel using them to get their votes. that's what i think about it. mr. romney, i didn't know about him and i had a chance to watch some of his interviews that he has done, i know on the idea of gay marriage he was for gay marriage in massachusetts and now he's against it. and at least with mr. obama, at least he is courageous to come out in...
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romney campaign did not want mr. romney to be seen as the guy who wants to ban all abortion with no exceptions even though he has said he would like to do that. and it's impeer -- proven to be a massively unpopular position even in the reddest of the red states. that's one of the reasons paul ryan is such a baffling choice for the romney ticket. congressman paul ryan now presumptive vice presidential nominee paul ryan co-sponsored a bill in the house that is a federal version of the personhood amendment. the abortion and hormonal birth control ban, the same one that even mississippi voters rejected last fall. how would you like it for the whole country? the national personhood bill that paul ryan co-sponsored declares that quote, the life of each human being begins with fertilization, cloning, or the equivalent at which time each human being should have the attributes and privileges of personhood. and they get really specific about when precisely an egg becomes a person. it becomes the human sperm tuzoeza penetrating
romney campaign did not want mr. romney to be seen as the guy who wants to ban all abortion with no exceptions even though he has said he would like to do that. and it's impeer -- proven to be a massively unpopular position even in the reddest of the red states. that's one of the reasons paul ryan is such a baffling choice for the romney ticket. congressman paul ryan now presumptive vice presidential nominee paul ryan co-sponsored a bill in the house that is a federal version of the personhood...
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and mr. romney, it seems like he wants to revert back to what mr. obama's predecessors have done and i think it's wrong. it sends a message that in pro-israel using them to get their votes. that's what i think about it. mr. romney, i didn't know about him and i had a chance to watch some of his interviews that he has done, i know on the idea of gay marriage, he was for gay marriage in massachusetts and now he's against it. and at least with mr. obama, at least he is courageous to come out in favor. these issues are just going to be as important as the economy is. i don't think either mr. romney or obama understand what's going on economically. i do agree on one hand mr. obama hasn't done much to fix the economy but i don't think mr. romney is going to do anything either. host: jackie on our republican line from pittsburgh. caller: i'm thrilled with paul ryan. i have been watching him for a long time. host: what is it that thrills you? caller: he's young, as -- my mother is on medicare and she's 98 and it's a mess. my kids cannot afford what's going
and mr. romney, it seems like he wants to revert back to what mr. obama's predecessors have done and i think it's wrong. it sends a message that in pro-israel using them to get their votes. that's what i think about it. mr. romney, i didn't know about him and i had a chance to watch some of his interviews that he has done, i know on the idea of gay marriage, he was for gay marriage in massachusetts and now he's against it. and at least with mr. obama, at least he is courageous to come out in...
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now, it's well-known that neither mr. romney nor mr. ryan have any foreign policy credentia credentials, but those comments would have been nor appropriate in 1982 than today and then there was mr. romney's attempt to mock the growing threat of climate change. of course, 30 years ago, the science on climate change was just beginning to e emerge, but m mr. romney
now, it's well-known that neither mr. romney nor mr. ryan have any foreign policy credentia credentials, but those comments would have been nor appropriate in 1982 than today and then there was mr. romney's attempt to mock the growing threat of climate change. of course, 30 years ago, the science on climate change was just beginning to e emerge, but m mr. romney
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romney. for the polls show a lot of people don't have a good fix on him. mrs. romney. your son said you are the great knit stabilizer and you have said that sometimes you have to talk them off of the rails. when do you bring out the stabilizer and what is it that you do? >> mitt, can get intense at times and maybe people don't recognize that and also times he's just my stabilizer, too. it works both way. >> we talk it out. >> it is not anything specific i do. being around each other and being around each other and us a sense of security and serenity and peace and all of those good things that happen by being together. >> i think she has an intusensed considering individuals and which people are telling us the straight story and which people are a bit phony and a sense of how other people might feel about something. >> talk about your role in the campaign and white house. do you give your husband advice? >> not on policy. >> do you girlfriend advice on strategy and staff. >> mitt gits advice from everybody and me. >> i didn't know she didn't give advice on policy. >> i
romney. for the polls show a lot of people don't have a good fix on him. mrs. romney. your son said you are the great knit stabilizer and you have said that sometimes you have to talk them off of the rails. when do you bring out the stabilizer and what is it that you do? >> mitt, can get intense at times and maybe people don't recognize that and also times he's just my stabilizer, too. it works both way. >> we talk it out. >> it is not anything specific i do. being around each...
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romney told us mr. romney is on the same page as paul ryan in terms of reducing the budget, but the spokesperson told us that mr. romney will be proposing his own changes regarding medicare. >> with regards to medicare, i would lay out the plan that, well, actually i did a couple months ago that said, again, for higher income recipients, lower benefit. a premium support program which allows people to buy either current standard medicare or a private plan, and this is the proposal which congressman paul ryan has adopted. it's a proposal which i believe is absolutely right on. >> you said during a debate earlier this year paul ryan's latest medicare proposal is absolutely right on. i'm curious, is there anything about it that you disagree with? >> the items we agree on, i think outweight any differences there may be. >> are there specific policies in your budget that you disagree? >> there may be. we'll take a look at the differences. >> first of all, he did embrace the ryan budget. he embraced it. >> i h
romney told us mr. romney is on the same page as paul ryan in terms of reducing the budget, but the spokesperson told us that mr. romney will be proposing his own changes regarding medicare. >> with regards to medicare, i would lay out the plan that, well, actually i did a couple months ago that said, again, for higher income recipients, lower benefit. a premium support program which allows people to buy either current standard medicare or a private plan, and this is the proposal which...
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those are just the lies mr. romney told about himself. would you like to address some other lies he's told about other people, including the president? >> well, there are a number of things, but mitt romney if you look back over the course of his political career, and his wife has been a key witness to all of this, there isn't a single position we can nail him down to that he's kept over the course of, say, two, three weeks, let alone three months or three years or 30 years. if you ask him whether he is pro life, you know, back when he was governor of massachusetts, well, no, he was pro choice. but today he's staunchly pro life. if you ask him whether or not he's going to cut taxes for the wealthiest of americans, he'll tell you in the last debate, no, he does not plan a tax cut but he says he plans a tax cut -- a 20% tax cut across the board. there are a number of ways -- i've witnessed once when mitt romney once said he was pro gay adoption. and the very next day he said he was staunchly against it. so, to call someone out on their mist
those are just the lies mr. romney told about himself. would you like to address some other lies he's told about other people, including the president? >> well, there are a number of things, but mitt romney if you look back over the course of his political career, and his wife has been a key witness to all of this, there isn't a single position we can nail him down to that he's kept over the course of, say, two, three weeks, let alone three months or three years or 30 years. if you ask...
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he's a decent guy. >> mr. romney's a patriotic american. he's got a beautiful family. >> he's a decent man. as is romney. and i mean that sincerely. >> congressman ryan -- no, no, no. congressman ryan, i know him. he's a good man, beautiful family. >> you know, we know about the vice president's chains statement, but when talk about their opponents personally, very complimentary. their surrogates, their attacks very personal on the president. who's been divisive here? >> well, clearly by the setup of your question, the romney campaign is being divisive. and they're being divisive for the reasons that you started talking about at the top of this segment. it's because it's to divert attention away from the overall conversation about the ryan plan, ryan's plans for medicare. and also the disconnect between what ryan wants to do and what mitt romney wants to do. and quite frankly, we don't know exactly what he wants to do in terms of the specificity as much as paul ryan wants to do. but, look. when you listen to what the president and vice pres
he's a decent guy. >> mr. romney's a patriotic american. he's got a beautiful family. >> he's a decent man. as is romney. and i mean that sincerely. >> congressman ryan -- no, no, no. congressman ryan, i know him. he's a good man, beautiful family. >> you know, we know about the vice president's chains statement, but when talk about their opponents personally, very complimentary. their surrogates, their attacks very personal on the president. who's been divisive here?...
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you heard the president last night with mr. romney. mr. romney being a different mr. romney than we've seen him for the last 18 months or the last section years. do you think even with the new hit romney that showed up last night when he starts talking about states' rights, when he starts talking about regulation or deregulation, when he starts saying he doesn't advocate $5 trillion tax cut when in fact the numbers prove that he does and has been advocating that, will that resonate with independent voters and/or undecided voters in your state of ohio? >> i don't think so. i think people realize that governor romney is still wrong on medicare and still wrong on trade and still wrong on jobs and still wrong on the middle class. i think that's increasingly clear. again it goes back to which path do you go. do you want to go back to the trickle down economics you give tax cuts to the rich and hope it helps the middle class or do you focus on the middle class and that's trait enforcement, it's i don't think training at community colleges like columbus state and sinclair. i
you heard the president last night with mr. romney. mr. romney being a different mr. romney than we've seen him for the last 18 months or the last section years. do you think even with the new hit romney that showed up last night when he starts talking about states' rights, when he starts talking about regulation or deregulation, when he starts saying he doesn't advocate $5 trillion tax cut when in fact the numbers prove that he does and has been advocating that, will that resonate with...
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after his convention, you will recall that mr. romney went on vacation. mr. romney, even after he had such a big win at the first presidential debate, he did not have any big, morning after the debate rallies or anything. he went and did an event that was off his public schedule, but nobody knew for sure he would be anywhere, and there wasn't a big crowd of people around him while he was rallying the troops to his big win. it was a very quiet morning. and then again today, after the second presidential debate, mr. romney did no public events in the morning. i mean, i don't know if it means anything important, but it is an unusual choice for this candidate that no other modern candidate has done. and mr. romney, it wasn't just a fluke. he keeps doing it after big events. that said, mr. romney did not take the whole day off today. this afternoon, he did a rally in virginia and then he stayed in virginia for the day to do another virginia rally tonight. on the democratic side, vice president joe biden did an early afternoon rally in greeley, colorado, today. he
after his convention, you will recall that mr. romney went on vacation. mr. romney, even after he had such a big win at the first presidential debate, he did not have any big, morning after the debate rallies or anything. he went and did an event that was off his public schedule, but nobody knew for sure he would be anywhere, and there wasn't a big crowd of people around him while he was rallying the troops to his big win. it was a very quiet morning. and then again today, after the second...
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a new quinnipiac "new york times" poll, not much rosier for mr. romney. president obama retains a six-point advantage in ohio. the president leading by three points in florida, two points in wisconsin, mr. ryan's home state. note that the polling was largely taken before todd akin put republicans extreme anti-choice agenda back in the spotlight which both parties agree could change the dynamic of the race particularly among women. a new poll by planned parenthood showing half of american women have doubts about a romney presidency. 44% say he's out of step with women's issues. that echoing our own nbc wall street poll showing romney at a 28-point deficit to the president on women's issues. now, romney knows he's got issues with those issues. so one tactic he's used in an attempt to move the needle is to contrast president obama with bill clinton. allegeding that mr. obama has abandoned the former president's focus on moderate politics and middle class voters. mr. clinton thought he might have a word about that in a new ad for the obama campaign. >> this i
a new quinnipiac "new york times" poll, not much rosier for mr. romney. president obama retains a six-point advantage in ohio. the president leading by three points in florida, two points in wisconsin, mr. ryan's home state. note that the polling was largely taken before todd akin put republicans extreme anti-choice agenda back in the spotlight which both parties agree could change the dynamic of the race particularly among women. a new poll by planned parenthood showing half of...
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i am going to go with mr. romney and paul ryan. i thought of vice-president joe biden was very rude. he cut all right and off all the time, like he did not want to hear what he said. on the abortion issue, i agree with the -- they said they supported it for the woman and and rape. that is what i believe. planned parenthood to me takes measures not to get that way -- to get a heart beat and kill them. years or die catholic. yes. baptist. the remarks the caller made about joe biden being a used car salesman, i have a son that is a car salesman. he does not talk like that. he is not rude. obama does not carry about the coal miners. he has put lots of them out of work. more mines are closing down. ohio and west virginia and all the other calls states, they are hurting. i think president obama is weak on foreign policy. pretty soon we will have two classes said interim america free it two terms from obama. >> on twitter from john kerry -- you are on--sue. >> hello i thought of vice- president joe biden did a great job. he actually gave
i am going to go with mr. romney and paul ryan. i thought of vice-president joe biden was very rude. he cut all right and off all the time, like he did not want to hear what he said. on the abortion issue, i agree with the -- they said they supported it for the woman and and rape. that is what i believe. planned parenthood to me takes measures not to get that way -- to get a heart beat and kill them. years or die catholic. yes. baptist. the remarks the caller made about joe biden being a used...
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but mr. romney is standing by his man recommending mr. mourdock as the one individual likely to tip the senate toward the republican party. >> there's so much at stake. i hope you'll downmi in supporting richard mourdock for u.s. senate. >> see how close they are? but do they seem like men who have a genuine interest in the victims of this horrifying crime? have they ever done anything to support women who may have been violated in this way? to follow that clown is the ring master himself, the man whose artificial appearance is only matched by the stupidity of his pronouncements. here was the latest, demanding the president release his academic history in exchange for a $5 million donation to charity. >> if he releases these records, it will end the question and, indeed, the anger of many americans. >> no, mr. trump. releasing those academic records will only fuel your racist anger because you know exactly what you're implying. so there you have it. trump, mourdock, and romney, a blue chip firm of fools comprising a bone head, a mutton he
but mr. romney is standing by his man recommending mr. mourdock as the one individual likely to tip the senate toward the republican party. >> there's so much at stake. i hope you'll downmi in supporting richard mourdock for u.s. senate. >> see how close they are? but do they seem like men who have a genuine interest in the victims of this horrifying crime? have they ever done anything to support women who may have been violated in this way? to follow that clown is the ring master...
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mr. romney has picked mr. ryan as his running mate. what do you say about the romney-ryan budget which is not going to be that the similar, i suspect. >> i say this to people who are interested. speech in paul ryan's georgetown. he went there and allied his understanding of catholic social doctrine and explained how he thought the level of compassion he was greeting was appropriate. the challenge you have is this. he increases support for people in the lower 40% of income level and he cannot support people in the top 40%. he is trying to find a way on social security reform and medicare reform, of increasing the support for people who have -- are at the lowest part of the income. you do not want to leave them so low they cannot have a decent life. people will find it is a serious effort to apply catholic social doctrine was also respecting the reality. this is something that cardinal dolan and others have commented on. you do have this reality that we do not have all the money would like to have and we're faced with a fiscal crisis for
mr. romney has picked mr. ryan as his running mate. what do you say about the romney-ryan budget which is not going to be that the similar, i suspect. >> i say this to people who are interested. speech in paul ryan's georgetown. he went there and allied his understanding of catholic social doctrine and explained how he thought the level of compassion he was greeting was appropriate. the challenge you have is this. he increases support for people in the lower 40% of income level and he...
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they asked mr. romney to release from 2007 to 2012, basically the years mr. romney has been running for president. in doing that, they tried to address the romney campaign's main objection to releasing more tax returns. they keep saying they're worried if they reveal anything, the obama campaign will only demand they release more. today, the obama campaign manager acknowledged that concern. they said, quote, if the governor will release five years of returns, i commit in turn we will not criticize him for not releasing more. neither in ads nor in other public communications or commentary for the rest of the campaign. despite the question being narrowed and their objection being met, the romney campaign still said no, no deal. mr. romney said he had looked back over the last decade of his returns and found that he, quote, never paid less than 13%. and we all have to trust him on that. but back when he was running for governor in massachusetts in 2002, mr. romney set a precedent for what he is doing now, and it's a bat precedent. he was refusing to release his
they asked mr. romney to release from 2007 to 2012, basically the years mr. romney has been running for president. in doing that, they tried to address the romney campaign's main objection to releasing more tax returns. they keep saying they're worried if they reveal anything, the obama campaign will only demand they release more. today, the obama campaign manager acknowledged that concern. they said, quote, if the governor will release five years of returns, i commit in turn we will not...
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shannon bream talks with mrs. romney a bit later. first, chief political correspondent carl cameron on mitt romney's quick road trip to court special voters. >> reporter: the morning after his wife and governor cristie addressed the convention, romney left to a speech in indianapolis to stop the obama administration defense cuts he says that would hurt the anemic obama economy. >> where the president failed to lead, we will protect our national defense from cuts that jeopardize critical missions. where he let down veterans we'll welcome them home to booming economy and johns they need. >> reporter: romney expressed relief it appears isaac will not cause the devastation that katrina did seven years ago today. despite convention he welcomes any opportunity to speak to veterans. >> the foreign policy should take a page from the u.s. marine corps. no better friend. no worse enemy. >> he focused on defense and foreign policy hours before they address it tonight. former secretary of state condoleezza rice considered as a possible runningma
shannon bream talks with mrs. romney a bit later. first, chief political correspondent carl cameron on mitt romney's quick road trip to court special voters. >> reporter: the morning after his wife and governor cristie addressed the convention, romney left to a speech in indianapolis to stop the obama administration defense cuts he says that would hurt the anemic obama economy. >> where the president failed to lead, we will protect our national defense from cuts that jeopardize...
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mr. romney offers little on the subject. he is timid about details. if he prevails the first half of his first term will be dominated about what to do about the war that never ends. there are 85,000 troops in combat, but they are treated as a ghost army by their commander-in-chief and the man who would succeed him. he is a seasoned war correspondent, writing in the new york magazine. it has a grim finale after 2,000 americans killed and 16,000 americans wounded and $400 billion spent on the war in afghanistan and it has come to this. the united states is leaving, mission not accomplished. there probably won't be helicopters to rescue the frantic mobs in the times to come. it is more likely we will slither out of afghanistan. as the poet says, not with a bang, but a whimperment. >> governor mitt romney now has his number two, but will the paul ryan pick be enough to take the white house? former alaska governor sara -- sara palin weighs in. >>> we are now just two weeks away from the first of the 2012 conventions and fox newschannel is clearly the place
mr. romney offers little on the subject. he is timid about details. if he prevails the first half of his first term will be dominated about what to do about the war that never ends. there are 85,000 troops in combat, but they are treated as a ghost army by their commander-in-chief and the man who would succeed him. he is a seasoned war correspondent, writing in the new york magazine. it has a grim finale after 2,000 americans killed and 16,000 americans wounded and $400 billion spent on the war...